Dellys The Redstone Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Dense, dark, earthy and warm. That’s the snapshot. There is, of course, more to explore. As Pyrenees Cabernet Sauvignon – for many a big attraction of the region despite the incredible popularity of Shiraz – The Redstone delivers plenty of detail and the kind of localised Pyrenees aromatics that sing and help to remind us that Cabernet from this part of the world deserves our attention. Earth, autumn leaf, Australian bush, black fruits and licorice scents mix with warm, toasty woodsy oak. As with all of the Dellys reds, it offers a solid line of fine tannins throughout, driving the fruit and providing a firm foundation for the future. It’s looking smart as a six-year-old, that’s for sure. Black fruits and warm spice offer an inviting palate filled with background earthy notes and a gentle, smoked meat savouriness. It all adds up to one smart wine.

Jeni Port

Wine critic at Winepilot

Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.

Wine writer and critic